Family physicians from ten districts of Moldova to benefit from equipment to examine patients

Chisinau, 20 September /MOLDPRES/ - A number of 66 Health Centres and Offices of Family Physicians from ten districts of Moldova will each benefit from one set of medical equipment for early diagnosis of health problems. The equipment was bought within a project titled, Sound Life: Reducing Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases, financed by the Swiss Agency for Development  and Cooperation (SDC).  

The team leader of the aforementioned project, Ala Curteanu, said that the medical sets would be distributed in the districts of Briceni, Edinet, Falesti, Ungheni, Orhei, Criuleni, Stefan Voda, Vulcanesti, Taraclia and Cahul. One set consists of: pulse oximetre, medical measuring tape and a device for calculating the index of body weight and a stethoscope. In all, 278 sets of equipment containing 834 units will be distributed. Their cost amounts to 5,700 euros.     

„The endowment of the sorting room will contribute to a better diagnosing of health problems and starting the treatment of the patient with chronic disease; therefore, this will enhance residents’ access to quality primary medical assistance services,” Curteanu noted.  

The Moldovan-Swiss project, Sound Life: Reducing Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases, is financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and is set to help improve the Moldovan population’s health, especially in rural zones, through reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases.  

(Reporter A. Zara, editor  M. Jantovan)